FIBA has unveiled the 2026 class of its Hall of Fame. Seven players and one coach They are among them. They will be inducted during a ceremony which will take place on April 21, 2026 in Berlin (Germany). Dirk Nowitzki will be at home for the occasion, where he will be rewarded for his immense career, marked by a 2002 World Cup MVP title and an NBA championship ring with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. Sue Bird, five-time Olympic champion with the United States, is also part of this promotion, as Céline Dumerc, iconic point guard of the French team, with whom she won silver at the London 2012 Games.
Turkey's Hedo Türkoğlu, Mozambique's Clarisse Machanguana, China's Wang Zhizhi, and Poland's Ludwik Miętta-Mikołajewicz will also be honored. FIBA has also chosen to induct Ismenia Pauchard posthumouslyThe Chilean was the third-highest scorer in the 1957 and 1964 editions of the Women's World Cup. She died in 2004 at the age of 71. The FIBA Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 2007. and brings together 200 personalities from 45 different countries and five different continents.
